COV Nova Ves u Pohorelic - Closed Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant in Pohořelice, Czech Republic

COV Nova Ves u Pohorelic is a wastewater treatment plant located in the village of Nová Ves, part of the town of Pohořelice in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic. The plant provided secondary treatment for municipal wastewater from the surrounding area before its closure. As a secondary treatment facility, the plant met the minimum treatment standards required under Czech national regulations, which transpose the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). For agglomerations of the size served by this plant, secondary treatment is the standard requirement, ensuring removal of organic matter and suspended solids. The treated effluent from the plant would have discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Dyje River, a tributary of the Morava River, which flows into the Danube River and then to the Black Sea. The plant's operation contributed to protecting the water quality of these downstream water bodies and the sensitive ecosystems they support.

The plant's treated effluent would have entered local streams that flow into the Dyje River, a major tributary of the Morava River. The Morava joins the Danube, which drains into the Black Sea. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. The plant's secondary treatment helped reduce organic pollution and protect downstream habitats.